{"id":277291,"date":"2024-01-11T16:34:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T11:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=277291"},"modified":"2024-01-11T16:34:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T11:04:12","slug":"amaterasu-super-energetic-particle-from-outer-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/amaterasu-super-energetic-particle-from-outer-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Amaterasu: Super-energetic particle from outer space"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source-<\/strong>This post is based on the article “How a super-energetic particle from outer space could help physics”<\/strong> published in “The Hindu”<\/strong> on 2nd January 2024.<\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/h2>\n

Japanese scientists found a powerful cosmic ray on Earth named ‘Amaterasu,’ the second-highest-energy cosmic ray<\/strong> ever discovered.<\/p>\n

What is Amaterasu?<\/h2>\n

1) It is one of the high-energy cosmic ray<\/strong>, named after the Japanese Sun goddess.<\/p>\n

2) It appears to have arrived from a void in space where nothing is known to exist.<\/p>\n

3) The Amaterasu particle possesses an energy surpassing 240 exa-electron volts (EeV)<\/strong>, making it millions of times more powerful than particles produced by the Large Hadron Collider<\/strong>, the world\u2019s most powerful particle accelerator.<\/p>\n

4) It ranks second only to the Oh-My-God particle<\/strong>, another ultra-high-energy cosmic ray detected in 1991, which registered at 320 EeV.<\/p>\n

What are cosmic rays?<\/h2>\n

1) They are high-energy particles, moving at nearly the speed of light, originate from the Sun, our galaxy, and distant galaxies.<\/p>\n

2) These particles can include protons, alpha particles (helium nuclei), and heavier ions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

3) Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays are subatomic particles from extragalactic sources with energies greater than 1 EeV.<\/p>\n

Significance<\/strong>– They are crucial for studying astrophysical phenomena and understanding the properties of particles at very high energies.<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus – Science & Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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